@i_am_fuzzy
tom jones is one of many singer who've sang the james bond theme tune (thunderball.....i hadn't heard of it until the lottery did...erm thunderball) they're all pretty good, but my favourite is carly simon 'nobody does it better' from the spy who loved me.

@borderpup
I choose 'Road Rage' by Catatonia, because Tom Jones did a duet wiv Cerys ('Baby Its Cold Outside') an before dat, Cerys was lead singer wiv Catatonia. Simples! Oh, and we like the way she says rrrrrage!

@Rossi_Dog
What to follow Sex Bomb with? We love Tom Jones - he did sing the song for 'Thunderball', a James Bond movie. Shirley Bassey also sang some Bond tunes and like Mr.Jones comes from Wales (as does my Dad), so we'd like to propose Shirley singing ' Goldfinger ' - turn the volume up and marvel at the range darlings BOL!

@Kelsoterrier

Sex Bomb by Tom Jones woz featured in a valentines day edition ov da Simpsons when Homer accidentally plays song for young Maggie at bedtime ravver dan Marge. Like Tom Jones, Rod Stewart is considered a sex symbol and so I hav chosen a song by Rod dat fits in wif Simpsons reference which Iz Maggie May ;-).

@terenceterrier

Last week’s track was Sex Bomb by Tom Jones who is a well known sexy singer from Wales. For my linky I am going with another sexy singer from Wales - Katherine Jenkins . She is the official mascot for the Wales rugby union team. She regularly sang the Welsh national anthem "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" at Welsh international rugby union matches so I am selecting that as my linky . Bit different methinks to the usual run of the mill pop songs that appear in the chain.

@maggietkat

I am going to be totally feline, and my choice has to do only with the sexy theme in the Tom Jones video. I love, and choose, the Hot chocolate song, I Believe in Miracles (You Sexy Thing). I love it even more when lip synced by the mouse in this video.

@diamondbertie
I have an idea for the link, Mover Over Darling by Doris Day. WHY? Tom Jones is a natural Sex Bomb, but I go for the more subtle approach - Doris Day was the good girl next door, but listen to the words. Need I say more.

fUr sHuR tOm wUs raPOrtEd fUr bEiNg a biT oF a lAdiEs mAn. aHeM & wELL hE (gEoRgE) dus like men but he iZ aLsO kNoWn fUr bEiNg a, (mUm'z goNnA tYpE diZ fUr uS - philanderer), yAh dAtZ dA wUrD. aLso, aLSo bOf George and eLvis diD hAF prUbLeMs wiTh drUGs tOo. (eLviS wAs dA LiNky bAfoRe). sO dEn aLso gEoRge was boRn iN 1963 aNd jOnEs sTaRteD pArfOrMing in 1963.

bOf hAs alSo sOLd mOre dAn 100 miLLion rEcorDs aNd weEz jUst faWt dis sONg wUs fUn tO liNk aLoNg wiD dEm tOo.

An da winner .... as chosen by me ... dus be ...... @diamondbertie wiv Move Over Darling from Doris Day! Love da linky Bertie. Congratulations ma pal! So, is time again get your finkin caps on an send me (find out how on da guidelines page fing) the next link in the chain. Da winner dis week dus be pickin da winner next week and dat means you .... Bertie!!

Yesterday by The Beatles. Why? As Elvis Presley played his show in Las Vegas he covered and performed "Yesterday". Elvis is the most successful solo artist with over 1 billion sold albums and The Beatles are the most succesful band with over 1,5 billion albums. And they both are musical pioneers.

@bunnersandharvs

wE dus sAyz dAT maRiaH cAReY's 'thRoUgH dA rAiN' iz dA LinKy. fUst cuZ shE is faMooS LikE eLviS. seKonD, cuS sHe duZ diD pEfOrm iN LaS vEGAs & sHe duS wEARs lOts uF jEweLRY tOO (dEy sUm biG riNgZ - whOoshty). tHirdLy, shE hAs been on dA hOt 100's tOp sPoT aZ manEE tiMeZ aS eLviS .. aND shE hAs bEEn iN dA mOOviEs LiKe eLviZ wUS. sHe haS aLso gAinEd a LiTTLe wEiGht bUt noT sOO muCh aS hE diD (hE wAs a biT oN dA tUbBy siDe, mUm diD sAYz).

diZ soNG iZ mUsHy buT iS gOod cUZ sAYz wE cAn mAkE iT fRew aNytHanG LOnG aS wE hAs fAiTh - wHiCh aCcoRdIn tA R mUm cAn bEE frUm whAtsEva wE duS bEELeAVe (cULd bE dAt uS pAw PoWeRs LuVs anYoNe raGArdLeZZ -aMeN tA dAT) :-)

@i_am_fuzzy
elvis presley starred in 100's of filums, his best being the one he wasn't actually in...the johnny cash biog 'walk the line' ....so i chooses johnny cash & 'hurt'.

@kelsoterrier

My entry dis week is Rush wif Roll The Bones. Why? Coz Vegas is best known fur gambling and in some casino games like craps u hav to roll the bones (or throw the dice). Also the King sang a song called Fools RUSH In so dis links wif da band name ;-).

@CloonfourMegan

My mum and dad got married in secret in Las Vegas. But when they came back they did have a party and a first dance. Of course it was Viva Las Vegas but they wanted a smoochy one too so Viva Las Vegas became (do you DJs called segued or something like that??) Moon River sung by Andy Williams. So that is the link ... !

@bvfeyj (Tucker)... last week we did hab da King wif "Viva Las Vegas" from da moosical ob da same name... so dis week me finking annudder song from a moosical "Guys and Dolls" by da "Chairman of the Board". Me submit "Luck Be a Lady" by Frank Sinatra. It also about gambling and Mr. Sinatra often performed it in Las Vegas besides.

@tartan_terriers

Ok, we gonny choose Biffy Clyro - Mountains. Why? Cos Elvis briefly landed in Prestwick, Ayrshire in 1960, the only time he ever set foot in Britain. biffy Clyro come from Kilmarnock which is also in Ayrshire. Elvis also sang about some mountains... You gave me a mountain and Theres gold in the mountains. ;)

I thought & thought about Elvis & Las Vegas & realized I could now bring you all down here to Florida.

Elvis made "Viva Las Vegas in 1964. In 1962 he made the movie "Follow That Dream". He shot part of that movie in Inverness, Florida, a very small town near an even smaller town called Floral City. My girl used to live in Floral City.

The Bylaws of the State of Florida insist that JImmy Buffet must be mentioned in any and all stories about Florida. Buffett owns half the state by default. He's saving up to buy the other half. ..Not really but it sure seems that way.

Anyway, in 2006 Buffett released the album "Take the Weather With You" that contained the song "Elvis Presley Blues", a tribute to T he King on the 33rd anniversary of his death.

So put it all together, Elvis + Florida + Jimmy Buffett and you get my nomination: "Floridays", Track 6 from Buffett's "Floridays" album, released in 1986.

@terenceterrier
Viva Las Vegas was the title track from an Elvis Presley film of the same name. The choreographer for that film was David Winters who also did West Side Story. So I’m going to choose a song from that film as my linky which is “Somewhere” (No – you’re absolutely right there’s no more clever associations to be had between this song and the previous one – I just happen to like it.)

Elvis Presley was in las vegas for a long time playin at da featre an like Elvis annuva great star wat was at Vegas a long time was Tom Jones who was also very sexy like Elvis. So I dus choose Tom Jones – Sex Bomb!

An da winner .... as chosen by Rossi Dog ... dus be ......Sex Bomb by Tom Jones from @djladylexie .... oh ..... me again! Fix, fix!! heehee. I swear it ain't ma fault!! So, is time again get your finkin caps on an send me (find out how on da guidelines page fing) the next link in the chain. Da winner dis week dus be pickin da winner next week and dat means me!!

So, it's over to you! Email me: lexie at toxicpenguin dot com or DM me on twitter (@dogstoyevsky) wiv your link suggestion followin on from dis one! You has until noon (GMT) Sunday 25 September 2011. I also wants to tell you sometime they dussnt always seem to come frew, so double-check wiv me bout dat.

As a look on da right to see all of da links in our chain. Is gettin longer all da time!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da pawsome Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on dere website. Follow #lexieschain on Twitter to join da fun. Remember anyfink goes! Rock, classical, opera, ballads, punk, reggae - is up to you! Fanx for playin!

Sunday, 11 September 2011

Hello pals.! Welcome to Week 36 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to me to choose da winner. Wow, so many entries that I managed not to delete (well maybe I did delete a couple but luckily got them back again or you re-sent them)!!

@i_am_fuzzy
viva la vida takes it's name from a painting by frida kahlo (she was a mexican artist....probably more famous for having a monobrow). chris martin is a fan of oasis, and noel gallagher also has big eyebrows (though he has two rather than one). and chris martin covered 'wonderwall' at a benefit gig....so i choooose oasis - 'wonderwall'

@bvfeyj

So me hab da linky for dis... Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. How you get dat? me hears you cry. Well, is funny dat you asks, but here is what me finkin'. Coldplay released Viva La Vida and was sued by Joe Satriani for copyright infringement of his song "If I Could Fly". Coldplay denied the allegation, but reached an unspecified settlement wif Satriani. Huey Lewis was asked to do the theme for Ghostbusters but turned it down because of other commitments, then when he heard Ray Parker Jr.'s theme he sued for copyright infringement of his song "I Want a New Drug". Dey also settled out of court in 1985 wif compensation to Huey Lewis from Parker and da Ghosbusters franchise. The settlement prohibited either side from discussing it, but in 2001 Lewis commented in an interview on VH1 and Parker sued for breach of confidentiality. Bof dese songs was number 1 hits US and number 1 & 2 in UK so me want to get dem out ob court and back where dey belong!

@marleyterrier

You did choose Viva La Vida by Coldplay and we did see that the song was played to the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis to wake them up on day two of mission STS-135 cos they dussnt got any barkin in space. We know ow you duz feel bout ships called Atlantis so we got to finkin bout how this idea started and we did see from googlin it that they fink wake up moosics for astronorts did start wiv crew of Apollo 10 and the first moosics they did use was On a Clear Day by Robert Goulet....

@rossi_dog
What to link with Viva La Vida? Obviously VIVA LAS VEGAS which is a whole lot of song and we are jumping around the living room just loving it. Apart from the Viva in the title there is also the fact that both the King, Elvis himself, and lesser mortal Chris Martin of Coldplay were/are married to ACTRESSES. Some might say - hold on, Priscilla didn't get an Oscar and hasn't been in 10,000 worthy films doing dodgy accents, she is not in the same class! We say BOO to that - Mrs. Presley was in the Naked Gun films and that trumps everything else! Just play the song and try to keep your feet still! BOL!

@borderpup
My choice is ... Dancing Queen by Abba. Why? Because Viva la Vida means somefing like Long Live Life, and Olivia Newton-John did sing Long Live Love at da Eurovision. But I fort we don't want to be listening to old Eurovision plinky-plonk songs! But who did win in da year Olivia did sing her song? It was ABBA! So I picked a good Abba song for everywun to listen to.

@bellaruffmutt
Viva la Vida means long live life in da Spanish (i is fluent obvs) which make me fink of Spain and Spanish guitar which makes me fink of the Gypsy Kings, even those they were not from the Spain, they were from da France or Belgium…anyhoo they was influenced by flamenco and their Spanish parents so here we go – Gypsy Kings with Bamboleo.

@kelsoterrier

My entry dis week Iz Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole. Why? Coz Viva La Vida took itz name from a painting by 20th century Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and Mona Lisa title is also taken from a famous painting.

@dieseldawgg

Da vidalevida dus make me fink of olde car names like viva so dus pop in head the courteeners cos they dus spell it wrong too like cold play. The Corteeners wiv No You Didn't, No You Don't.

@rosieterrier

Viva la Vida is also called death n all his friends-this was title of grays anatomy. Soz. One episode of grays anatomy was called "death n all his friends". Music on advert for grays anatomy was-Marina and the diamonds-Numb. That's my ansa!

@terenceterrier
Last weeks track was Viva la Vida by Coldplay . The song was played to the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantisto wake them up on day two of mission STS – 135 specifically crew member Douglas Hurley. So my entry for the chain (hastily cobbled together) is Star Man by David Bowie.

@bunnersandharvs
wE duZ gO wif dAve giLmouR aGiN. mUm duZ liKe da sOnG 'sMiLe' cuZ wE duSn'T sMiLe enUF & sHE duZ alSo saYz bRiAn eNo diD wUrk wiT dAviD gilmouR LiKez cOLd pLay aNd deY is tALkiN bowT liVin liFe in dAys so WeeZ fOwt daAT sMiLiN wUZ a gOOd fiNg ta dOO tOOLeeOO... nOt r bESt effArt buT wE dus liKe a sOnG wHiCh mAkEs uS haPPiE aNd sAYz deY iZ wiF deR luVed onES oRe on dA wAy hOmE to dEr wAy hoMe to dEr hoNeY...

@CloonfourMegan
Gwynef Paltrow is married to Chris Martin from Coldplay. Gwynnie was guest star in Glee whose most famous tune is Journey's Don't Stop Believing. Dat our linky!

An da winner .... as chosen by me ... dus be ...... Viva Las Vegas by @rossi_dog! Well done ma pa, love the linky!! So, is time again get your finkin caps on an send me (find out how on da guidelines page fing) the next link in the chain. Da winner dis week dus be pickin da winner next week and dat means you @rossi_dog!!

So, it's over to you! Email me: lexie at toxicpenguin dot com or DM me on twitter (@dogstoyevsky) wiv your link suggestion followin on from dis one! You has until noon (GMT) Monday 19 September 2011 (coz of I dussnt be ere on da Sunday!) I also wants to tell you sometime they dussnt always seem to come frew, so double-check wiv me bout dat.

As a look on da right to see all of da links in our chain. Is gettin longer all da time!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da pawsome Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on dere website. Follow #lexieschain on Twitter to join da fun. Remember anyfink goes! Rock, classical, opera, ballads, punk, reggae - is up to you! Fanx for playin!

Sunday, 4 September 2011

Hello pals.! Welcome to Week 35 of #lexieschain. Dis week was down to me to make Bunners and Harvs to choose da winner.

A great suggeschun from our pal Fuzzy (@I_Am_Fuzzy) was dat when I sends da suggeschuns, I take off da names to make it more eggsitin. He also suggested dat I tell you what the link was from da week before. Dems is boaf brillunt ideas. Fanx Fuzzy.

Me does fink da link is dis as dat Bonio man does stamp his little foot on the stage in a pointy way like Rumplystiltskitin Orange and black attack ! :)

@zoetheborder

My entry for da chain dis week dus be "This Must be the Place (Naïve Melody)" by The Talking Heads. I has to say is mostly b/c it is a nice happy song an dus be one of ma Mom's very favourite songs, an I dus like to frow her a bone every now an den. Also is connected to U2 via Brian Eno who has worked wiv U2 an The Talking Heads. I has a fuzzy brane dis week and dat dus be all I gots.

@i_am_fuzzy
my human went on the bus down to london village to see u2 when the joshua tree was released, which is what 'with or without you' is off. the bus driver asked if anybody had any cassettes (a bit like a cd apparantly!) & somebody had the joshua tree, so it was played over & over for 2+ hours going (and over & over for 2+ hours coming back).....anyway, the first song u2 played was 'where the streets have no name' my human was in the stands (it was wembley stadium) and just as it began to play my human felt incredibly queasy & climbed down over about 6 rows of seats to find the toilets (didn't quite make it...ahem)......anyway, something else with no name was the neddy in the song by america 'a horse with no name' and after nine days in the desert sun he let it run free, but i don't know if the bloke singing could live with or without it!!

@bellaruffmutt
2 Unlimited - 'No Limit' - I choose dis song because they both have '2' in their name. I am quite simples like that...but also i like a cheesy rap in a song - they is greatly missed in da muusic industry these days. Also song says 'we do what we want and we do it with pride' and dis is how i like to live me life as a XXXXX .The end. Ps. mum says i should apogolise for making anyone listen to dis song coz it is very annoying and i now playing it on repeat *nods head to da beat*.

@rossi_dog

Mum and I offer 'Inbetween Days' by The Cure as the next link in Lexie's chain because in the lyrics they sing 'without you' rather a lot, just like U2 do in their song. Also both Bono (no, not Bonio, sadly) lead singer of U2 and Robert Smith of The Cure have been portrayed on tv show South Park (season 11 episode 9 'More Cr*p and Season 1 episode 12 respectively). Hope you like our effort, and have a happy weekend. Xxx

Da song was on album Joshua Tree wot was co-produced by Brian Eno wot dus be very famus musician and composer of moosic wot we dus like and who also worked wiv Roxy Moosic (wot was the chain before this chain) haha!!! He also worked wiv Coldplay on they album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends so we chose da single of da same name – Viva La Vida – Coldplay. Annuva band everybody pretends they loves to hate a bit like U2 but as all their albums anyway! Heehee.

An da winner .... as chosen by Bunners and Harvs ... dus be ...... oh hang on wait a minit! Ere dus be wot dey said:

... an da winner dus be .... @djladylexie ... oh ... well done me again oopsie! So, is time again get your finkin caps on an send me (find out how on da guidelines page fing) the next link in the chain. Da winner dis week dus be pickin da winner next week and dat means you .... err .... me!!

So, it's over to you! Email me: lexie at toxicpenguin dot com or DM me on twitter (@dogstoyevsky) wiv your link suggestion followin on from dis one! You has until noon (GMT) Sunday 11 September 2011. I also wants to tell you sometime they dussnt always seem to come frew, so double-check wiv me bout dat.

As a look on da right to see all of da links in our chain. Is gettin longer all da time!

Lexie's Chain dus be inspired by da pawsome Radcliffe & Maconie Show wot you can has a listen to on dere website. Follow #lexieschain on Twitter to join da fun. Remember anyfink goes! Rock, classical, opera, ballads, punk, reggae - is up to you! Fanx for playin!